Italian giant, Napoli are hoping to reduce the points’ difference with fierce rival Juventus. Napoli started the season well but Juventus are current league leaders with 73 points from 31 matches played this season.
Napoli fell to a stunning defeat in the hands of Udinese. Udinese embarrassed Partenopei Gli Azzurri in a home win on the 3rd of April.
In the last five games, the well motivated team has won three, drawn one aside the heavy loss to Udinese. Napoli defeated Chievo by 3-1, defeated Genoa by the same margin and lost to Udinese by the same margin. Before the victory of Chievo, they played a draw with fifth-placed Fiorentina. After playing Chievo, it was another victory over Palermo.
The squad is currently hoping to close the gap with Juventus while praying the serie A champion drop points along the way. Six points separate both sides. With tricky games against Milan and Fiorentina, Napoli is hoping to close the gap with wins from their end.
Vecchia Signora as popularly touted lost their UEFA Champions league campaign when they lost to German machines, Bayern Munchen. Juventus had scored first before adding another to make it two goals up, in the hardly fought match. Bayern Munchen kept fighting hard with persistent attacks. They eventually equalized in the nick of time to force the match into extra time. The tired Juventus team fought hard but lost 4-2 to the tireless German machines.
The loss fired the Juve team to a victory against Torino, defeating the outfit by 4-1. While Juventus still have tough matches to execute, the UCL loss will most likely fire the youthful team to an unprecedented Seria A title.
Napoli will face Hellas Verona in the next game. Internazionale, Bolgna, Roma and Atalanta complete the next five games for the Serie A title hopefuls.
